Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade With Case And Miniature, By Ochs & Bonn Auction Archive he was promoted to Obergefreiter

he was promoted to Obergefreiter (Senior Lance Corporal)

Bronze Grade (in bronze

as well as marked twice by maker’s mark "A F" (Anton Fürst

Strauss had two younger brothers

Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade With Case And Miniature, By Ochs & Bonn Auction Archive he was promoted to Obergefreiter(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Gold mit Miniatur und Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Latin Cross with stylized sun rays joining the quadrants, the obverse with a central white enameled disc overlaid by a black swastika, circumscribed by a raised inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (TO THE GERMAN MOTHER), the reverse bearing an etched